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EVERY SATURDAY for March 21 has an interesting comparison of Memorial Dining Hall with those of the English Colleges. It exceeds the dining-hall of King's College - the largest in England - by sixty-three feet in length, twenty feet in breadth, and from five to fifteen feet in height...
...length, upon the earth below...
...hope for consideration in future. Our present grievance is the gas in Holworthy, which seems so far to partake of the universal feeling in regard to the next two weeks, that instead of making light of it, it is subject to sudden fits of depression, varying in length from five minutes to an hour. The importance of remedying this defect will be seen by any one who considers the awkward situation of one who sits down to a night's work for a coming examination and finds himself suddenly deprived of light. The purchase of candles would be a serious...
...serial, entitled "Far from the Madding Crowd," authorship unknown, bids fair to create a new sensation in the world of novels. Any one who may have had difficulty in comprehending the game of Ombre, in Pope's "Rape of the Lock," will find it elucidated at some length in the number of February 14. An editorial department devoted to literary criticism is ably conducted...
...much surprised to find that here, as a rule, two students instead of one rent a room and its accompanying bedrooms. Such a system no doubt has its pleasures. With a chum a man who is of social disposition is certain not to be left for any great length of time alone. More visitors are said to come to see two than to see one. Besides, - a most obvious advantage, - the expenses are lessened, so that a man of moderate means with a chum can take any room in the Yard he wishes. But, notwithstanding such arguments, a feeling...